What does "Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck" have to do with football?

Or "don't worry yourself"?

Nothing comes to mind spontaneously, except that these are games, popular with young and old. Let's put the question differently: What does Mats Hummels have to do with a nuclear power plant?

You would have to think about that too.

Especially in tournament times, football can be used for everything, there is no end to comparisons and metaphors, yes, to aphorisms.

“Mirror of Society” is actually always possible, not very original, but not particularly risky either.

It is enough to use this phrase, then everyone nods and is satisfied.

And most of the time she gets there somehow!

So it should never be too late to put the recent disaster to good use.

Not without coming to terms with the past

When answering the question of whether and to what extent the preliminary round is a reflection of German society, one naturally cannot do without coming to terms with the past.

Let's not go all the way down into the well of the past, rather half deep and cast a wistful eye on the World Cup semifinals on July 8, 1982 in Seville, Germany versus France.

There is now an excellent documentary about this, which ZDF will soon be showing at night and can already be seen in the media library.

One will then be inclined to look at the national team, which is still in bad repute mainly because of the "shaming" in the preliminary round match against Austria and because of Schumacher's foul on Battiston, a little more leniently, perhaps even with a certain appreciation.

And here come "Schnick, Schnack,

Schnuck" and "Mensch ärgere dich nicht into the game", almost as surprising as Rummenigge, who was actually injured, in extra time.

In the film, today's veterans unanimously praise Schumacher as the best goalkeeper in the world at the time;

Pierre Littbarksi, who was the youngest at the time, explains: "It doesn't matter whether it's 'Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck', 'Get annoyed' or just in football" - Schumacher was always fully involved.

A case of doggedness does not have to be sympathetic to everyone, but sometimes very helpful.

Man don't get angry' or in football” – Schumacher was always fully involved.

A case of doggedness does not have to be sympathetic to everyone, but sometimes very helpful.

Man don't get angry' or in football” – Schumacher was always fully involved.

A case of doggedness does not have to be sympathetic to everyone, but sometimes very helpful.

Attitude or responsibility ethics?

The film also shows that this generation, then as now, simply gave a damn about popularity and by no means thought of making everyone happy - unlike the current goalkeeper, who first wanted to stand up and compete for human rights, but then did just danced to the Fifa whistle, a pure-minded, one could also say free, no responsibility ethicist.

When it comes to the crunch, you tend to avoid conflict and don't want to spoil things with anyone.

Just as the federal government does not dare to keep the nuclear power plants in operation until further notice, just as little has the national coach managed to take a defense chief like Mats Hummels, who is considered to be difficult on human terms, with him.

Nobody wants, for the good of the whole, to step out of opportunism and take on a role

which you only have to play and not take so seriously as a human being.

It used to be called "stink boots".